Merge "Add the release naming process"

reference/index.rst

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    charter
    new-projects-requirements
    project-testing-interface
+   release-naming
    tags/index
    Template for new tags <tag-template>
    Requirements for previously-used incubation/integration process <incubation-integration-requirements>

reference/release-naming.rst

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+==============
+Release Naming
+==============
+
+OpenStack coordinated releases are numbered using a time-based scheme
+and this version number should be used in all official documentation,
+marketing materials, and release artifacts.
+
+Additionally each OpenStack development cycle has a code-name that is
+proposed and chosen by the community.  This name might be used in
+preference to the version number to refer to the release at the end of
+the cycle.  The process of choosing the name should be an enjoyable
+activity for the community to mark the software development cycle, and
+the name itself should be fun to use.
+
+Because the name will become associated with OpenStack, and a
+particular release, the process should consider potential issues of
+trademark.
+
+Release Naming Process
+----------------------
+
+The Technical Committee will designate an official to be responsible
+for executing the release naming process, which consists of the
+following steps:
+
+#. The process to chose the name for a release begins once the
+   location of the design summit of the release to be named is
+   announced and no sooner than the opening of development of the
+   previous release.
+
+#. Anyone may propose a name that matches the `Release Name
+   Criteria`_.  Proposed names should be added to a page on the
+   OpenStack wiki.
+
+#. The marketing community may identify any names of particular
+   concern from a marketing standpoint and discuss such issues
+   publicly on the Marketing mailing list.  The marketing community
+   may produce a list of problematic items (with citations to the
+   mailing list discussion of the rationale) to the election official.
+   This information will be communicated during the election, but the
+   names will not be removed from the poll.
+
+#. A Condorcet election is held among all OpenStack Foundation
+   Individual Members to rank the names.  The poll will include the
+   names along with any links to mailing list discussions provided by
+   the marketing community.
+
+#. The Foundation will perform a trademark check on the winning name.
+   If there is a trademark conflict, then the Foundation will proceed
+   down the ranked list of Condorcet results until a name without a
+   trademark conflict is found.  This will be the selected name.
+
+
+Release Name Criteria
+---------------------
+
+The following rules are designed to provide some consistency in the
+pattern used to select release names, provide a fun challenge in
+finding names that meet the criteria, and prevent unwieldy names from
+being chosen.
+
+#. Each release name must start with the letter of the ISO basic Latin
+   alphabet following the initial letter of the previous release,
+   starting with the initial release of "Austin".  After "Z", the next
+   name should start with "A" again.
+
+#. The name must be composed only of the 26 characters of the ISO
+   basic Latin alphabet.  Names which can be transliterated into this
+   character set are also acceptable.
+
+#. The name must refer to the physical or human geography of the
+   region encompassing the location of the OpenStack design summit for
+   the corresponding release.
+
+#. The name must be a single word with a maximum of 10 characters.
+   Words that describe the feature should not be included, so "Foo
+   City" or "Foo Peak" would both be eligible as "Foo".
+
+Names which do not meet these criteria but otherwise sound really cool
+should be added to a separate section of the wiki page and the TC may
+make an exception for one or more of them to be considered in the
+Condorcet poll.  The naming official is responsible for presenting the
+list of exceptional names for consideration to the TC before the poll
+opens.